U.S. Citizen Busted: Secret Chinese Police Station Exposed

A U.S. citizen stands convicted of running a secret Chinese police station on American soil, exposing Beijing’s brazen infiltration into our communities and threatening national sovereignty.^[2]

Story Highlights

Federal jury convicts Bronx resident Lu Jianwang of acting as an unregistered agent for China’s government and obstructing justice by deleting handler messages.^[2]
Secret outpost in Manhattan’s Chinatown featured a banner proclaiming “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station, New York USA,” linked to China’s Ministry of Public Security.^[4]
Lu tasked with locating pro-democracy activists who fled China, advancing Beijing’s repression agenda on U.S. territory.
Co-defendant Chen Jinping pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, confirming the operation’s ties to Chinese authorities.^[2]
Conviction disrupts foreign interference, reinforcing Trump’s commitment to countering Chinese threats to American liberty.^[3]

Details of the Conviction

A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Lu Jianwang, a 64-year-old Bronx resident and U.S. citizen known as Harry Lu, on May 13, 2026, following a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge Nina R. Morrison. Prosecutors proved Lu operated an illegal overseas police station for China’s Ministry of Public Security at 107 East Broadway in Manhattan’s Chinatown.^[2] The station shared space with the America Changle Association, a Fujianese-American group Lu helped run.^[4] Jurors found him guilty of acting as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China and obstruction of justice, facing up to 30 years in prison.

Lu attended a 2022 ceremony in Fujian province where China’s Ministry of Public Security announced 30 global outposts.^[4]^[2] Under orders from a Ministry handler, Lu established the New York site in January 2022. Evidence included a blue banner declaring it the “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station, New York USA.”^[4] The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the location on October 3, 2022, seizing phones and documents after a tip from a group monitoring Chinese repression.^[4]^[2]

Evidence of Chinese Repression Efforts

Prosecutors showed Lu collected information for Beijing, including locating a pro-democracy advocate who fled to the U.S. The outpost monitored and harassed overseas Chinese dissidents, aligning with China’s global network of at least 102 such stations in 53 countries since 2012. Co-defendant Chen Jinping pleaded guilty in December 2024 to conspiring as a Chinese agent, awaiting sentencing. This case marks one of seven U.S. actions since 2022 against similar operations in New York, Los Angeles, and Houston.

Post-raid, Lu admitted to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents that he set up the station and communicated with his handler via WeChat.^[4]^[2] He deleted those messages, leading to the obstruction conviction. Defense claimed the site aided driver’s license renewals during COVID-19 restrictions and hosted games like ping-pong, but jurors rejected this on key counts.^[4] Acquittal on conspiracy did not undermine the core foreign agent verdict.^[2]

Implications for U.S. Security Under Trump

This conviction exposes China’s transnational repression, where outposts target dissidents, harass activists, and suppress groups like Falun Gong practitioners. Beijing’s operations erode U.S. sovereignty, intimidating communities and undermining constitutional freedoms. President Trump’s administration strengthens defenses against such foreign meddling, prioritizing American citizens over globalist influences.^[3] Lu remains free on bail pending sentencing; his lawyer plans an appeal.^[4]

Patriots see this as a victory against communist overreach, validating long-held concerns about unchecked Chinese influence in American neighborhoods.^[2] The Justice Department vows continued disruption of adversarial operations, safeguarding liberty from foreign agents. Families and communities demand vigilance to protect traditional values from Beijing’s long arm.